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A litany of literary legends from around the world will be in Toronto this fall for the International Festival of Authors.

More than 100 authors will be involved in readings, book signings and round-table discussions, including Giller Prize winner Joseph Boyden and Man Booker Prize nominee Emma Donoghue, who wrote the international bestseller Room.

Noted Canadian director David Cronenberg will also be at the festival, but not to screen a film. Instead Cronenberg will discuss his debut novel Consumed at the PEN Canada Benefit on Oct. 23. Though he’s working in a new medium, Cronenberg’s trademark eeriness is still present in his first book, a story about two journalists whose investigation of a philosopher’s death leads them to a global conspiracy.

Among the other Canadians at the festival are Miriam Toews, author of A Complicated Kindness and The Flying Troutmans, who will talk about her heart-wrenching semi-autobiographical novel All My Puny Sorrows; and Eliza Robertson, an up-and-coming Canadian writer, will present her debut short story collection, Wallflowers.

Several acclaimed international authors are also coming to town.

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Norwegian novelist Karl Ove Knausgard will talk about Boyhood Island, part of his autobiographical My Struggle series. The third of six books, Boyhood Island explores family, memory, and how the lives of children and parents never quite meet.

Australian Christos Tsiolkas will speak about his latest novel, Barracuda, the story of a young swimmer struggling with maturity.

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